A Certain Woman in Eastern Europe

I will be traveling for most of the month of September. From 3-10 Sept, I will be in Kansas City, MO visiting Arden who has relocated to IHOP - International House of Prayer, the ministry of Mike Bickle. Arden relocated there from Szeged, Hungary. This will be a sabbatical year for her. Follow her blog by clicking her listing under "Certain Friends". Sept 10-29 I will be in Anchorage, Alaska visiting friends and supporters and reconnecting with my sending church "Abbott Loop Community Church" (ALCC) http://www.abbottloop.org/ This was my furlough year and I will return to Alaska to report on this year and what I see ahead when I return to Hungary at the end of October. This Labor day marks one year since the Lord turned my heart and ministry to New York. It has been a surprising, intense, emotional and extremely enriching and rewarding year being "home" to care for my mother. I so appreciate the many prayers, phone calls, emails, facebook entries and Skype...

Mini class reunion at Sandy's camp - Howie and Cathy, MJ, Mary, Mary Catherine, Amy, Debbie and Sandy (seated) Best Buds - Mary Catherine and Mary Jill East Caroga Lake In July I became reunited with one of my best friends from 7-12 grade. She lives in Ohio now but always returns to her family's summer home (know as a "camp" here) from June - August. What a great time of reunion we have had. During the "hot" days of August we spent many an afternoon at Caroga Lake enjoying the sun and water. It was so refreshing for me to see her in between visits at the nursing home. We also enjoyed a mini class reunion luncheon at Canada Lake.

The latest - After almost losing mom on Friday (non responsive, very low blood pressure, septic - severe urinary tract infection!) she then spent 3 days in ICU & now is moved to regular room and unhooked from everything. She seems pretty good. We have moved her out of the nursing home she was in and again hope to place her locally. Elders moving from hosp have priority soooooooo. In the meantime and on the hottest day of the year we cleaned out the attic yesterday. Towards the end of the time, my nephew the medic and someday docter intervened and ordered us all downstairs to consume lots of icewater. Apparently, all our seriously red faces alarmed him :-). Life goes on....and I am surrounded with boxes that need to be sorted, heaved, given or sold. Remind me .....this too will pass?? Love & thanks for your friendship, interest and prayers!!!

Sorry to be so behind in posting. Life is filled with running to the nursing home, sorting through stuff at mom's house to either throw, give, or sell. Then we need to clean and stage the house for a house sale. Of course, this all has to be done as soon as possible.....and I still plan to live in the hosue through October! In addition, we just discovered mom has a fractured left wrist. She is in a soft cast and we are waiting news on blood tests and have a follow up appointment on Monday with the orthopedist. Apparently it happened when she fell out of bed her second week in care. She told us her room mate pushed her out of bed and we ended up moving her. (within the home). So,......life continutes to be busy, sometimes intense and overwhelming with occasional e family drama. I so appreciate your prayers. In between all of this, I am getting some time to see my son and family and friends. Pictures will follow. Thanks so much for praying! Blessings,MJ